Author: Tony F
Date: 2015-05-25 17:21
Ebonite wrote:
"If you find a French bore mouthpiece that sounds good, you can send it to Howarths to get it adapted for the 1010. The tuning will be all over the place before it's reamed out, but at least you can see if you like the sound before committing to getting it done. Once it's reamed out, it will tune just like any other 1010 mouthpiece."
I've actually done this exercise myself with a "Steel Ebonite" mouthpiece, although I did the reaming myself. After reaming it still played very flat, so I removed 3mm from the tenon and moved the tenon shoulder back a like amount. Then it played in tune and the overall tuning was good, with the barrel pulled about 1mm.
This was a fairly complicated operation, and not one I would suggest unless it was done by someone who had the equipment and skills necessary. When it was reamed there was a bit of cleaning up to do in the chamber, which I did with a Dremel.
Even after all this, when I had the chance to buy a used Pillinger piece I jumped at it, and it plays better than the Steel Ebonite.
Tony F.
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